Hedi Slimane Quotes
I discovered Los Angeles in the late 90s. The city was not at its best at the time, but I fell for it right away. There is something almost haunted about it, a vibrant mythology I find rather inspiring.
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My mom says I'm a fighter, a fierce competitor, and I think I am, too.
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A lot of people think that because I'm from Malaysia, I'm driven by Malaysian sound, but actually, it's mostly just my melodies.
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I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.
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I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes.
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A survival tale peels away the niceties and comforts of civilization. Suddenly, all the technology and education in the world means nothing. I think all of us wonder while reading a survival tale, 'What would I have done in this situation? Would I have made it?'
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Who, other than a crazy person, does anything besides hang up on a robo-call? Any call, any person, anywhere, under any circumstances.
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Historically, epics are set in Africa or Asia or the Wild West, but if you make an epic today it's hard to disassociate from the contemporary realities of those places.
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I wanted to be an actor from a young age, but actually becoming one and seen the ugly side of the world does feel different and sometimes unwelcome. There are shallow, vapid, untalented people zombieing the streets of Hollywood, adding decadence and immorality to an already extravagant business.
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It is the destiny of mint to be crushed.
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Write me as one that loves his fellow-men.
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Desde que yo solo sé qué me sucede, no me sucede nada.
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I discovered early in my career as an entrepreneur that I'm not good at many things, and I said 'I need help.'
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When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues.
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You get out in front - you stay out in front.
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English? Who needs to spend time learning that? I'm never going to England!
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Take five minutes to center yourself in the morning...Set your intention every day.
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Fortunately, I was still living in Los Angeles at the time. So I went out to World Gym and got a membership.
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I'm the streetwise New Yorker nun who's always wanted to be on-stage. I'm taking tap classes here in Los Angeles. There is a big tap number.
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Lotus-land as it appears in 'Free Will' is simply a metaphor for an idealized background, a 'land of milk and honey.' It is sometimes also used as a pejorative name for Los Angeles, though that was not in my mind when I wrote it.
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I knew what normalcy was, and I wasn't having it.
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I discovered Los Angeles in the late 90s. The city was not at its best at the time, but I fell for it right away. There is something almost haunted about it, a vibrant mythology I find rather inspiring.
